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With the current administration in charge, don't look for this action to commence anytime soon.

Here's the problem with national politics and gambling in this country:

Republicans can't support it because it would offend the values of their core constiuancy because gambling is a "sin".

Democrats won't support it because they feel the need to protect people from themselves.

There is not enough in the way of organized pro-gambling interest groups on the national level to effectuate any change, and the majority of the public is either neutral towards gambling, or unsupportive. If you tell the average person over here that you play poker for a living, they will probably think you are a degenerate gambler and are almost certainly going to go broke.

As for Ladbrokes, could they not go through some sort of corporate reorganization and seperate their online poker/sports book operation from any U.S. based assets? I would think something like this would be relatively cheap compared to all the rake that would be generated by U.S. players.